North Preston’s Nevell Provo makes junior men’s national basketball team

North Preston’s Nevell Provo has made the junior men’s national basketball team.

The six-foot guard was one of 15 players who made the cut out of 21 athletes invited to a nine-day training and selection camp in Toronto. Provo was the lone Nova Scotian.

Canada travels to Colorado Springs, Colo., this week for the under-18 FIBA Americas Championship. The Canadians will begin group play this Friday against Brazil. Canada will also face the Dominican Republic and Puerto Rico next weekend.

A top-four finish at the tournament qualifies Canada for the under-19 worlds in 2015 in Greece.